Joseph: it is important that people get the facts straight. A Mamzer is born only in a case of a Torah forbidden relationship that has Death as a punishment. In a case where two unmarried individuals have children they are not Mamzerim. When annulling a marriage on the basis of Daas Moshe V’yisroel, you are nullifying the original marriage. The issue with this: the many negative prohibitions that the unmarried man & woman have now retroactively transgressed due to the past unmarried relationship. This is not to be trifled with. (Gemara Gittin 3a)
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